Marathon Training Week 5

Another week gone by. I'll start with the workout recap then share a few thoughts about training.

Mon - Once again the infamous suburban loop. As I recall, it wasn't too bad. About 5 miles. I talked Tyson into coming with me. I don't think he was too glad he did, but then a couple of days later he did it again by himself and smoked it out in like 37 min. (about 6 min faster than we ran it together). Sorry for slowing you down man.

Tues - Just lifted some at the gym

Wed - Tempo run 4 miles and another 1.5 of warm up and cool down. It was pretty rough. I woke up early and ran it, but after a couple of miles I was pretty spent so I didn't hit my goal time.

Thurs - Really hectic day so I ended up running about 2.5 miles at about 2:00 in the afternoon. It was hot and felt more like work than running.

Fri - Lifted some again and tried swimming again. Another really hectic day and I ended up forgetting my goggles and earplugs. Given my recent ear injury this wasn't such a good idea. After 1 lap my ear was hurting so I said "screw it" and hit the hot tub instead.

Sat - Finally a good run! 9 miles up and down A-1 mtn. road. I started early in the morning and after about 3 miles got into a good groove and really enjoyed it. And this leads into Justin's training thoughts

Thought 1 - I'm always scared about an upcoming race until my long runs get to 9 miles. The 9 mile run seems to always tell me that everything is going to be ok. After these runs I'm always thinking, "ok I can do this". Before this run I'm thinking "what the heck am I getting myself into?".

Thought 2 - If you're thinking about doing a 1/2 you have to get at least to 10 miles in one run before attempting the half. If you want to do more than just "survive" a half, run at least 12 before the half. Just my opinion.